E-MAIL THIS LINK
To: 

Cops probe anti-Muslim knife attack
A relieved MSM finally finds some Canadian "Islamophobia" to play up
Thank goodness, it was getting to be such a dry spell for them ...
MONTREAL -- A suspected hate crime is being investigated after a Muslim imam was attacked by a knife-wielding man outside his mosque. A 34-year-old man was charged in court yesterday with armed assault, uttering threats and possession of a dangerous weapon and will appear again tomorrow. Police say Pierre Brabant was arrested Friday after an incident outside of the Al Qods mosque.

Imam Said Jazeri said he and a friend were leaving the mosque around midnight when a man carrying a knife approached. The man pointed the knife at Jazeri and asked: "Do you want to die a martyr?" Jazeri said he called police while the man chased his friend down the street.

"I don't know him, he doesn't me. Why does he have a knife to kill me?" said an agitated Jazeri yesterday.
There are any number of decent folks who have the same question, though they ask it about different people. Welcome to the club, imam.
Police spokesman Benoit Couture said investigators consider the attack a hate crime. "The suspect was not only running towards the guys with a weapon, he wanted to cause them harm while at the same time making hateful comments about their religion and their clothing," Couture said.

Jazeri said it will be up to police to determine if there was a link between the incident and recent anger directed at Muslims following last weekend's arrest of 17 terror suspects in southern Ontario. "These people have prejudices and it looks like it has to do with our situation these days," he said.
Posted by: ryuge 2006-06-11
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=155756